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Show off your red labels!

Started by B-Smooth,

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joecgcmaniac

joecgcmaniac

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Don't have any left, cracked 'em all, had them pressed then re-subbed, and got upgrades across the board! :acclaim:

 

 

:insane:

 

 

Old blue labels are getting harder to find, I wonder if the reds are shrinking at the same percentage rate or lower. Since the moderns that were in red labels were "valueless" :ohnoez: , I wonder if they get cracked at the same rate.

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Green

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I win the thread.

 

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I'm fairly certain valiantman just won it.

 

Its up in the air.

 

1 of 25 known, or 1 of 1 known copies.

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B-Smooth

B-Smooth

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This one is NOT mine, but it deserves to be included in this topic:

 

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Holy smokes! Some people have a problem with ow/w pages on a 10.0. I don't, unless its below that. Their page color has become so arbitrary over the years.

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valiantman

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How about a red label PROTOTYPE?!?!?

 

CGC98Superman78_cgcsample.jpg

 

:grin:

 

Very nice! :)

 

 

So whats the story/history with this sample copy?

:popcorn:

 

I bought it on Ebay about a year ago.

 

I've been compiling the CGC census for about 10 years, and when I started compiling, there were about 20 copies of "Adventures of Superman #500" in CGC 0.5 on the census.

 

I asked Steve Borock about those ridiculously low grades on one of the most common books ever made...

he said they were actually just a test, not actually CGC 0.5 on Adv. of Superman #500.

 

If you look up the serial number of the "prototype" red slab, you'll still see the reference to Adv. of Superman #500 (no grade listed), even though the book is a CGC 9.8 Superman #78.

https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/verify-cgc-comic.aspx?cgc-comic-cert=0010955001

 

I assume these were used to demonstrate the final CGC product, how a book looks encapsulated, how it's sealed, etc.

 

I don't know if all 20 still exist (or if there even were 20), but this is the only one I've ever seen and I was happy to bid for it on Ebay.

 

(thumbs u

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valiantman

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How about a red label PROTOTYPE?!?!?

 

CGC98Superman78_cgcsample.jpg

 

:grin:

 

Very nice! :)

 

 

So whats the story/history with this sample copy?

:popcorn:

 

I bought it on Ebay about a year ago.

 

I've been compiling the CGC census for about 10 years, and when I started compiling, there were about 20 copies of "Adventures of Superman #500" in CGC 0.5 on the census.

 

I asked Steve Borock about those ridiculously low grades on one of the most common books ever made...

he said they were actually just a test, not actually CGC 0.5 on Adv. of Superman #500.

 

If you look up the serial number of the "prototype" red slab, you'll still see the reference to Adv. of Superman #500 (no grade listed), even though the book is a CGC 9.8 Superman #78.

https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/verify-cgc-comic.aspx?cgc-comic-cert=0010955001

 

I assume these were used to demonstrate the final CGC product in the 1999-2000 timeframe, how a book looks encapsulated, how it's sealed, etc.

 

I don't know if all 20 still exist (or if there even were 20), but this is the only one I've ever seen and I was happy to bid for it on Ebay.

I like to think of it as a "census souvenir".

 

(thumbs u

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B-Smooth

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How about a red label PROTOTYPE?!?!?

 

CGC98Superman78_cgcsample.jpg

 

:grin:

 

Very nice! :)

 

 

So whats the story/history with this sample copy?

:popcorn:

 

I bought it on Ebay about a year ago.

 

I've been compiling the CGC census for about 10 years, and when I started compiling, there were about 20 copies of "Adventures of Superman #500" in CGC 0.5 on the census.

 

I asked Steve Borock about those ridiculously low grades on one of the most common books ever made...

he said they were actually just a test, not actually CGC 0.5 on Adv. of Superman #500.

 

If you look up the serial number of the "prototype" red slab, you'll still see the reference to Adv. of Superman #500 (no grade listed), even though the book is a CGC 9.8 Superman #78.

https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/verify-cgc-comic.aspx?cgc-comic-cert=0010955001

 

I assume these were used to demonstrate the final CGC product in the 1999-2000 timeframe, how a book looks encapsulated, how it's sealed, etc.

 

I don't know if all 20 still exist (or if there even were 20), but this is the only one I've ever seen and I was happy to bid for it on Ebay.

I like to think of it as a "census souvenir".

 

(thumbs u

Awesome. You learn something new every day.
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J DUB

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How about a red label PROTOTYPE?!?!?

 

CGC98Superman78_cgcsample.jpg

 

:grin:

 

Very nice! :)

 

 

So whats the story/history with this sample copy?

:popcorn:

 

I bought it on Ebay about a year ago.

 

I've been compiling the CGC census for about 10 years, and when I started compiling, there were about 20 copies of "Adventures of Superman #500" in CGC 0.5 on the census.

 

I asked Steve Borock about those ridiculously low grades on one of the most common books ever made...

he said they were actually just a test, not actually CGC 0.5 on Adv. of Superman #500.

 

If you look up the serial number of the "prototype" red slab, you'll still see the reference to Adv. of Superman #500 (no grade listed), even though the book is a CGC 9.8 Superman #78.

https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/verify-cgc-comic.aspx?cgc-comic-cert=0010955001

 

I assume these were used to demonstrate the final CGC product in the 1999-2000 timeframe, how a book looks encapsulated, how it's sealed, etc.

 

I don't know if all 20 still exist (or if there even were 20), but this is the only one I've ever seen and I was happy to bid for it on Ebay.

I like to think of it as a "census souvenir".

 

(thumbs u

Awesome. You learn something new every day.

 

Pretty sure this was Darrell F's book at one time.

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